Veterans, neighbors raise flag at Oaks

Veterans Brooks Webster and John Murray from the American Legion raise the American flag at the Oaks of Holden last weekend. Submitted photo by Leo Mullin
Everett Mason, a condo owner at the Oaks of Holden, a World War II veteran who loves the American flag, recently decided to raise funds to purchase a small pole and flag for the complex.

Condo owners responded so enthusiastically that he had to stop taking donations. He dedicated a 25 foot pole and 5 by 7 foot flag on May 2, as veterans from John E. Harkin American Legion Post 42 raised the flag amid a ceremony with singing by Everett’s nephew Roger Van Wert and refreshments.